People or land · West Africa: the Sudan and Guinea · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Ogoni and Andoni

Farmers of the plain east of the Bonny river (the Ogoni, whose languages form a distinct branch of their own) and fishermen of the Andoni and Obolo coast.

Self-governing village groups; nothing is dated to 1200.

Who holds it

Title
Village and clan heads
Since
not pinned
Confidence
low

How things stand that morning

Self-governing.

Customs

Village elders and clan shrines.

Assemblies

Village councils.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

  1. 1200No dated event.Depends on: Not applicable Stopped by: Not applicable

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Language and tradition.

On the map: A people's country drawn as a dashed outline; borders are approximate.

Sources and studies

  1. From the researcher's knowledge of the ethnography and oral traditions (Alagoa, Afigbo, Isichei, Forde and Jones, Bradbury); used only as a guide to who lived where

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